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No. 224,134.. Patented Feb. 3, 1880.

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' of the city, county, and State of New York,

fiINrrED STATES PATENT ()FFICE'.

THOMAS w. BRAQHER, or NEW1YORK,"N. Y.

SVjVEAT-LINING GUID FOR SEWING-"MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters mane No. 224,134, dated February3,1880. W Application filed oeatere. 1879.-

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS W. BRACHER,

have invented'a'new and useful Improvement 'in Sweat-Lining Guides forSewing-Machines, which improvement is ifullyset forth in the followingspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 represents a plan View of my at-..

tachment. Fig. 2 is a front view of details.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section in the line at m, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 shows a sweat sewed by the aid of my attachment. p

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to provide a sewin g-machine attachment orguide whereby a lining-strip and a reedor thelike inclosed in suchlining strip may be conveniently stitched to a hat-sweat or. otherarticle; and it consists in certain novel combinations of parts,

hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the. drawings, the letter A designates a frame suitably constructedto support the parts of my attachment.

B is a folding-guide designed to act on the lining-strip, and O a guidefor the reed. The folding-guide B consists of apiece of sheet metalsuitably bent to lay the linin g-strip upon itself at one edge, and thereed-guide G is a tube tapering toward its tail end and extendin g intothe folding-guide, the two guides being made 'to terminatea'tsubstantially similar points. At its tail end, and on the side facin gthe folding-guide B, the tubular reed-guid e O is cut away a shortdistance, as at 0, whereby the reed or its substitute is permitted tolie snugly against the inner surface of theliningstrip as it emergesfrom the reed-guide'and enters the bight or fold of the lining-strip.With. the folding-guide B is combineda feedgage, D, and also adeflector, F, which acts on thelining-strip as it emerges from thefoldin g-guide, with a tendency to prevent the same from movinglaterallyaway from the gages G G for the edges of the hat-sweat. The

gage G is rigid, and receives that edge of the sweat to which thelining-strip and inclosed reed are sewed, the same being arranged toextend under the folding-guide B, Whilev the gage G is a yielding one,and is at a suitable distance away from the rigid gage to receive theopposite edge of the sweat.

As the sweat passes between the gages G G one edge thereof is broughtunder and parallel to the folded edge of the lining-strip and the reed,as shown in Fig. 2, and if the sewing-needle is arranged to workimmediately next the termini of the gagesand' guides, as at h, Fig. l,the. lining-strip is sewed to the sweat with the reed inclosed in thefolded edge, as shown in Fig. 4. p

The distance to which thestitch is brought from the edge of the sweatdepends upon the position of the rigid gage G, and in order to permitthis distance'to be varied 'I make said gage adjustable, To this end Ifasten the rigid gage Gto a slide-rod, I, which extends substantially atright angles to the gages through eyes j onthe frame A, and whichslide-rodl carries a thumb-nut, k, engaging a stop, I, for moving therod endwise, thereby setting the rigid gage G toward or away from theyielding gage. With the thumb-nut 7c is combined a lock-nut, n.

In order to render the gage G a yielding one, I secure the same to aslide-rod, O, which extends parallel to the rod I through eyes p on theframe A, and which carries a stop, q, and

spring R, by whose action a tendency is given to the gage G to move inthe direction of the rigid gage G. The stop q abuts against one of theeyes 1), thereby regulating the position of the yielding gage G, andsaid stop is made adjustable, so that the position of the yielding gagemay be varied. By the action of the yielding gage G on one edge of thesweat the opposite edge thereof is held within the rigid gage G, whilethe yielding gage, moreover, adapts itself to any irregularity upon theedges of the sweat. r

The rigid gage Gis provided with a spring, I

G instead ofthe rigid gage; or such a spring may be applied to bothgages.

Y If desired, a rollerturning on a vertical axis may be substituted foreither or both of the gagesG G.

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What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a guide for sewing hatsweats or other articles,of a folding-guide for a- 1i nin g-stri 1), a tubular reed-guideextending into the folding-guide and partly cut away on one side toallow the reed emerging from the reed-guide to lie snugly against theinner surface of the liningstrip, and gages for the edges of the sweat,substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a guide for sewing hatsweats or other articles,of a folding-guide for a lining-strip, a tubular reed-guide extendinginto the folding-guide, a rigid gage for one edge of the sweat, ayielding gage for its opposite edge, and means for adjusting the rigidgage, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a guide for sewing hat-sweats or other articles,of a folding-guide for a lining-strip, a reed-guide extending into thefolding-guide, and gages for the edges of the sweat, either or bothhaving a retarding-

